Wednesday, August 10, 2022

"Oh, Henry!" Donald Trump is king of a divided, disputatious GOP




8/3/2022 update starts here

The 2022 midterms are now a referendum on Republican radicalism.
 
Oh, and Fox News, the Democrats didn't so much rage as organize.  They got out the vote in a conservative state for a typically low-turnout election.
 
Top headline: Fox News
Middle headlineJezebel
Bottom headlineWashington Post

Henry is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative 'think tank' whose 'scholars' froth at the mouth at the sight of a progressive.  He has a side gig as a pretzel vendor with the Washington Post.
 

7/25/2022 update starts here

Hogwash found at Washington Post

5/12/2022 update starts here

Top headlineWashington Post, 5/6/2022

Politico excerpt:
Some in the GOP now acknowledge they may eventually pursue national abortion restrictions should a majority of the Supreme Court follow through on its draft opinion overturning Roe, after spending several days trying to deflect by focusing on the document’s unauthorized disclosure. And there’s a range of opinions among Hill Republicans about what comes next: leave abortion policy to the states, pursue more modest restrictions or go all-out to install a ban nationwide.




5/10/2022 update, " Welcome to the Henry Olsen Clown Show ("Political Construct of Late-Term Abortion" edition)". starts here.

Henry the Clown tries to get everyone in a lather over late-term abortions.

Headline:  Washington Post, 5/10/2022

According to a report in the 2/6/2019 Washington Post, most abortions take place during the first 13 weeks of pregnancy.  

"Late-term abortion is not a medical term but a political construct".



Polling by Pew Research indicates a growing support for legalized abortion.




5/6/2022 update starts here

Headline:  NBC News
All four undecided voters said they consider themselves Trump fans, but not a single one became an Oz supporter after Trump’s endorsement. As Oz hammered Trump’s support in the debate, the groans grew louder and louder with each mention of the endorsement. “That's like his meal ticket,” said Jennifer. Sandra jumped in: “That’s not going to get him elected.”


5/5/2022 update starts here

HeadlinePolitico
Democrats running for Senate are still holding their fire in primaries. Republicans are stuck in the Thunderdome. 
GOP candidates are already pummeling each other in monthslong advertising free-for-alls, fights intensified by unprecedented television spending. The parties’ approaches in money spent and messaging could hardly be more different so far, as is the mere number of contested races: For Republicans, there are more than a dozen states where GOP candidates are attacking each other in bids for Senate nominations, while Democrats have unresolved primaries in just two key states — neither of which have turned vicious yet.

5/4/2022 update starts here
 
Headline:  The Illinoize
It doesn’t appear as if campaigns will tone down their rhetoric in the remaining nine weeks until the primary election.

Original 5/3/2022 post starts here.

Top headline:  Washington Post
Bottom headlinecleveland.com

cleveland.com excerpt:

A profane confrontation between Mike Gibbons and Josh Mandel last month that nearly turned physical. Comments Gibbons made during a podcast last October that suggested the middle class doesn’t pay its “fair share” of taxes. JD Vance attacking Mandel for hiding behind his Marine service.


Related posts:
Welcome to the Henry Olsen Clown Show.  (4/27/2022)
Myopic, frozen-in-time Henry Olsen stakes his claim on Pike County, Pennsylvania.  (3/31/2022)

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